Is Visual net much better than Visual Basic?

VB6 is a great language and I've been programming with it for years. There's a lot of cool things that you can do if you do the research. But, let's face it. We're in computers. And this industry moves at the speed of light (no pun intended). Everything changes very quickly.

That said, "Better" is a relative term. I'm just getting into .NET and there are some things that seem really cool and others that seem backwards to me. But, the way I look at it is VB6 is fading, slowly but surely, and I have to keep up. I feel like I'm already behind.

If you're relatively new to VB and/or programming (a year or less) my suggestion would be to get on the .NET band wagon. If you're not so new... my suggestion is the same. the industry is going that way (do a search on Monster or Dice for VB jobs, 80% are .NET and 60% of those include ASP or other Web programming)

Lastly, another suggestion I would give you is not to tie yourself to any one language. I'm getting into C# as well, and it's really pretty cool. I feel much more "rounded" knowing that I have more than just VB in my toolbox.

Good luck with everything.

Before you jump on that bandwagon, you should read this:
http://www.dev-archive.com/forum/showthread.php?t=332171

My two cent:
Vb_Net and Vb6 are different stuff.
As Net is present and future, while Vb6 is the past, I suggest you to go with Net,
as long as you are fine dealing with Microsoft. Learning Net will not be easy: it will
require lot of study and practice, but it should pay.

I agree. .NET requires a different type of design thought process since it is purely Object Oriented. If you have any experience in Java it might be an easy transition from VB6 to .NET.